It starts like this. Gretchen gets me all warmed up for swimming in the pool. She throws my favorite floatie toy and I practice leaping off the side of the pool into the water. Then she leaves the toy behind and revs me up just like before. "Ready steady!" and she releases me (and herself) for a leap in the pool.
I push off and try to leap out farther than she does and usually I do because I have really strong back legs. She just makes faces.
I make mistakes, though. Like sometimes I jump in front of her. Not a good idea because she lands on me and I go under...like completely under. But that's okay because I bob right back up in my nifty orange life vest.
But Gretchen's learned to watch for me so she doesn't push me under the water. I appreciate it.When we're all done with jumping and swimming, we hang out in Doris and Steven's backyard with their big dog Ben. Ben likes to hang out on the second floor porch where he pushes his tennis ball through the railings...
And I wait down below for the ball to drop...it's a game we play!
And we had another friend there as well...Jocelyn, Doris and Stephen's 2-month old granddaughter. She just hung out watching the silly dogs...that would be me!
What a good day...what a really good day!
